zayat

English

Etymology

From Burmese ဇရပ် (ja.rap).

Noun

zayat (plural zayats)

1. A building in Burma used for meetings and religious assemblies and to give shelter to travellers.
   • 1855, Emily Chubbuck Judson, Memoir of Sarah B. Judson: member of the American mission to Burmah, page 16:

     There are always several zayats in the neighborhood of a kyoung, to which the devotees of Boodh resort to listen to their priests.